Nicholas J. Kassebaum, MD

Nicholas J. Kassebaum, MD

I practice at Seattle Childrens Hospital as a staff anesthesiologist and am an attending on the inpatient acute and chronic pain management services. My clinical interests are in regional anesthesia, non-cardiac surgery for patients with congenital heart disease, multimodal pain therapy, and remote anesthesia practice. Academically, my research interests are in quantification of disease burden due to congenital and neonatal diseases, maternal conditions, hemoglobinopathies and nutritional deficiencies such as anemia. I am also studying the potential role of expanded surgical/ anesthesia services in addressing unmet international need and working with a collaborative group to quantify the burden of adverse events related to medical care throughout the world.

When our daughter was an inpatient at Children's with a "very rare" condition in kids, Dr. Kassebaum was the pain doctor consult. My favorite quote from the meeting with all the docs in one room was from him... "Someone has to be the rare." THANK YOU Dr. Kassebaum. Our daughter was the rare, and we were so thankful you helped diagnose her condition so we could find appropriate treatment. Thank you for being willing to think outside the box!

Manuscripts in Refereed Journals

Global, regional and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental/occupational and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the GBD 2013The Lancet, 2015 Sept.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00128-2

GBD 2013 DALYs and HALE Collaborators

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transitionThe Lancet, 2015 Aug.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61340-X

GBD 2013 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and YLDs for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries for 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013The Lancet, 2015 Junehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4

Kassebaum NJ, Bernabe E, Dahiya M, Bhandari B, Murray CJL, Marcenes W

Global Burden of Untreated Dental Caries in 1990-2010: A Systematic Review and Meta-regressionDOI: 10.1177/0022034515573272 Journal of Dental Research, 2015 March

Progress and future challenges in global monitoring of sexually-transmitted infections

World Health Organization Departments of Reproductive Health and Research and of Immunizations. Technical Expert Consultation on Country-level STI burden and trend estimation and development of the Spectrum estimation model

National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program in Health Disparities Research

National Institutes of Health

$194,600

Aug. 2013 - July 2015

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology

Medical/Professional School

Vanderbilt University, Nashville

Residency

Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle

Fellowship

Anesthesiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle

Clinical Interests

Providing safe, effective and balanced anesthesia care for all children, regional anesthesia, anesthesia in resource-poor settings Epidemiology of disease processes at the population level, modeling of surgical and perioperative care systems, cost-effectiveness research

Remote Access

Seattle Children’s complies with applicable federal and other civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude people or treat them differently based on race, color, religion (creed), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin (ancestry), age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho.